Identifying internal and external factors affecting environmental behavior of students based on content analysis

Subject Areas : Promoting and improving the culture of environmental protection

Nasrolah Ghashghaeizadeh ¹ , Marzieh Firouzi ²

1 - Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Science & Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - MSc in Educational Management, Faculty of Human sience, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran

Received: 2024-02-25 Accepted : 2024-09-12 Published : 2024-09-18

Keywords: Environmental behavior, students, thematic analysis, factors inside and outside the school,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to identify the factors inside and outside the school that affect the environmental behavior of students based on thematic analysis.  This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and a theme analysis type using Atride-Sterling method. The participants in this research included experts who were aware of the research problem, who were selected by the purposeful snowball sampling method, and the sampling continued until theoretical saturation was reached. The research participants included 11 experienced and expert people in the fields of education, environment and health. In the present study, semi-structured interviews were used to collect information. In order to trust the data, the four criteria of transferability, validity, dependence and confirmation were used. Based on the findings, there are 15 organizing themes of culture building, strengthening the emotional relationship between students and the environment, wise management of the environment, morals and environmental literacy of parents, motivational plans of responsible institutions, institutionalizing respect for the environment, role models of those in charge, using educational opportunities. , interaction with the environment, dynamic education about the environment, environmental assistants in schools, hidden curriculum, curriculum content, attention to upstream policies and documents, and environmental ethics, finally, 2 overarching themes of internal and external factors have been extracted.

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